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Article 10: Definitioq <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> Environmental Document <br /> An EA, EIS, or FONSI, or all of them. <br /> Environmentally Sensitive Areas <br /> Land which is subject to special natural environmental conditions such as flooding that present significant <br /> constraints to built development. <br /> Equestrian Center <br /> A facility designed and intended for the display of equestrian skills and the hosting of events including, but <br /> not limited to, show jumping, dressage, rodeos, general horse/mule shows, and similar equestrian <br /> disciplines. Events may be larger scale, such as horse shows expected to generate more than 80 traffic <br /> trips per day, and may be held more frequently than once per month. A commercial stable may be <br /> included on the site. <br /> Existing Construction <br /> Structures for which, the"start of construction"commenced before March 16, 1981. This term may also <br /> be referred to as "existing structures." <br /> Existing manufactured home park or manufactured home subdivision <br /> A manufactured home park or subdivision for which, for flood damage prevention purposes, the <br /> construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed <br /> (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site <br /> grading or the pouring of concrete pads)completed before March 16, 1981. <br /> Extraction of Earth Products <br /> The process of removal of natural deposits of mineral ores, soils or other solids, liquid or gaseous matter <br /> from their original location. It does not include any processing of such material, beyond incidental <br /> mechanical consolidation or sorting to facilitate transportation to the site of use or location of further <br /> processing. <br /> FONSi <br /> A Finding of No Significant Impact. As pertaining to an EA or EIS. <br /> Family <br /> For purposes of this Ordinance, family shall be defined as an individual of two or more persons related <br /> by blood, marriage or adoption, living together in a dwelling unit; or a group of not more than persons <br /> who need not be related in a dwelling unit. A"family" may include five or fewer foster children. <br /> Family Care Facility <br /> A facility licensed by the appropriate state agency, as a family care facility for from one to six unrelated <br /> individuals. <br /> Family Day Care Home <br /> A residence in which childcare is provided, which provides childcare for no more than three children. <br /> Family Income <br /> The gross annual sum of all income received by all adult members of the household, including: <br /> a) Earned income from wages for all family members over the age of 18; <br /> Staff is suggesting this typographical error be corrected as part of this UDO amendment. <br /> 8 Based on comments received at the September 1 BOCC meeting, revisions to the definition of family will increase <br /> the number of unrelated persons allowed to live together in a dwelling unit from three to five.The maximum of <br /> five people is based on the 2012 North Carolina Residential Code.Once there are more than five unrelated people <br /> the dwelling unit must be classified and reviewed under the 2012 North Carolina State Building Code as a rooming <br /> or boarding house.A rooming or boarding house is reviewed and permitted differently in the North Carolina State <br /> Building Code and LIDO compared to a single family dwelling unit. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-10 <br />